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A team of Swiss scientists, led by Wendelin Stark and Philipp Stoessel, have invented a way to create a wool-like fiber using leftover parts from meat-processing plants. The technique, which was fine-tuned over four years at Zurich’s Functional Materials Laboratory, transforms animal-rendered gelatin into fibers that share many of wool’s qualities, including softness and thermal insulation.
